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Date:      Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:25:21 -0400
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, dgilbert@dclg.ca
Subject:   Re: Bluetooth GPS for timekeeping?
Message-ID:  <17145.8001.349961.334759@canoe.dclg.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20050809.150845.71119932.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <17144.64281.705769.294109@canoe.dclg.ca> <1123613910.9836.15.camel@realtime.exit.com> <17145.469.365833.447736@canoe.dclg.ca> <20050809.150845.71119932.imp@bsdimp.com>

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>>>>> "Warner" == Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:

Warner> You'd likely be money ahead by using a simpler, wired GPS
Warner> receiver directly into a legacy serial port.

Heh.  But I don't have one of those.  You see, this was just a hey
... I have this ... and it's not currently in use... so it could have
a cool second life ... type project.

I suppose what you're saying is that to get accurate time ... since
bluetooth has the characteristics of a "network" that there would have
to be a somewhat sophisticated NTP over bluetooth protocol.  Heh.

Dave.

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